Tire.



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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 1912 lll B. H. DIVINE.

TIRE.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY BRADFORDH. DIVINE, @E UTICA, NEW YQEK.

TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25,1913.

Application led January 13, 1912. Serial No. 670,999.

To all fte/0m t may concern.' v

Be it known that I, BRADFORD H. D1v1Nn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tires, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to a vehicle tlre, and

I declare that the following is a full, clear,

concise and exact description thereof, sufiiy cient to enable one skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 1n which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout. v

The invention consists ofa` tire suitable for use on automobiles or other vehicles which are equipped for the attachment .of detachable tires or rims. It provides a tire which can be put on the wheels of such vehicles, insome such way as rubberrtires are, and in fact is a substitute for the tires that are common on such vehicles.

The device is a tire, pure and simple, and

is to be distinguished from constructions where a rim is built -into a wheel, as by clamping it between two disk-like members thus forming a single unit of permanently assembled parts, and constructions wherein peripherally disposed parts are assembled inthe confines of a permanent band which is a part of the construction. So far as l have been able to learn no suoli device has been successfully used for traction purposes on road vehicles, nor has such a tire as I propose been constructed as a complete unit in itself alone, for use as a demountable or detachable rim, adapted by a given configuration to fit a given wheel.

In the drawings I simply illustrate one form of the rim to indicate a method of its construction, the treatment of its parts and how'it may be used, all in a general way and without confining myself in the matters of detail shown.

' Figure 1 is an elevation of a tire constructed in accordance with my invention and embodying a temporary or removable structed in. accordance with my invention and provided with a temporary or removable binder. Fig. 5a, is axsection of a wheel adapted to receive the tire of Fig. 5, and provided with means, to lock the'tire thereto. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of part of a t-ire and showing another means of holding the parts of the tire. 'Fig 7, is a cross section through part of a tire` con'- structed in accordance with my "invention showing a temporary binder thereon.

Referring to the figures in detail the tire, designated generally by A, is made `up of a. series of blanks, a, a., disposed radially of the center of the tire. These blanks are preferably made of woven fabric, -but I donot.; confine myself to the material of which the blanks are made nor to their construction as woven.

nee are obliterated and the cross-lines indi` cate only the section of a single substance. The blanks may be treated as preferred to it them to resist the elements, moisture, chemicals or other deleterious substances or conditions of vuse.- Such treatment may be made of the blanks but may also be made of the tire after the blanks are'assembled. The blanks are arranged face to face and compressed' by suitable means, so that finally very great vforce has been applied and the blanks have been compressed into a mass of very great density and strength.`

The principle of my construction ,is that the blanks are at an angle to the line of the periphery but not` necessarily at a right angle, and in Fig. 3 I show them therein arrangedy atabout an angle of 45%. This dis-v They are so arranged that the threads of a woven blank will run-diago-v nally across the blank. The blanks may be' has been compressed, for shipping and applying the .tire to the wheel. This band, when the tire is a plied to the wheel, may

Vbe removed, and i the tire is applied to another wheel the band must be used for holding the parts in assembled position. This band I term a binding member, which must be detachable when the tire is applied to the -wheel where it is to be used and is onl' vused for holding the tire in position until 1t is locked in the holding member or means. If in the process of manufacture grooves are required to be cut in the opposite faces of .the .tire for applying the holding means,

they may be cut when the binder is applied to the tire for` holding the assembled parts in position, or the grooves may be formed by any cutting die. But, when these lateral grooves are formed the assembled tire must be held by the binding member. The lateral -grooves inthe tire may be formed by the cutting of the blank previous to applying the-compression. There may be a plurality of binders and they need not be set into the tire. The binder may have the form of one or more rings R fastened to the side of the tire and set in if desired. The removable binder rings R, are shown in Fiv. 6, set in grooves in the sidefaces of the tlre to hold the tire ,in' compressed assembled condition for manufacturing and shipping purposes. These rings R, can be removed when a permanent binder is applied or when the tire is secured in or on a wheel.

At Fig. 5 a ortion of a tire is shown after being nishecl) to fit into a usual type of wheel.

In Fig. 5a 7 is the felly of the wheel E. l0 and 11 are the tire clamping members, the tire having been flanged at 12 and 13 to be securelyen aged thereby.

Tires of di erent interior diameter, area in cross-section and Hanging or finish are provided to meet the conditions in which the are to be used.

aving described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A tire for a vehicle wheel consisting of a hard compact ring composed of transverse radially-arranged plies of woven fabric compressed circumferentially, radially and transversely of the ring, and a temporary binder for said tire to hold said plies in the assembled and compressed condition.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RADFORD H. DIVINE.

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